| Rubroboletus | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Rubroboletus satanas | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Basidiomycota | 
| Class: | Agaricomycetes | 
| Order: | Boletales | 
| Family: | Boletaceae | 
| Genus: | Rubroboletus Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang (2014) | 
| Type species | |
| Rubroboletus sinicus (W.F.Chiu) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang (2014) | |
Rubroboletus is a genus of bolete fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed by Chinese mycologists in 2014 with Rubroboletus sinicus as the type species. Species are characterized by having a reddish cap surface, yellow tubes on the underside of the cap, and an orange-red to blood-red pore surface. Pinkish to red spots (reticula) are present on the stipe surface, and a bluish color change occurs when the bolete flesh is injured. Rubroboletus mushrooms have an olive-brown spore print, and produce smooth spores.[1] Eight species were included in the original circumscription (seven new combinations and one new species); five were added in 2015,[2][3][4] and another in 2017.
Several species in this genus are poisonous. Although R. sinicus is sporadically sold in markets in Yunnan, China, it is suspected of being poisonous; further studies are need.[1]
Species
| Image | Name | Year | Ediblity | Distribution | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Rubroboletus dupainii (Boud.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 | North Carolina, and then from Iowa | |
| _Sacc._%2526_Trotter_486968.jpg.webp) | Rubroboletus eastwoodiae (Murrill) D.Arora, C.F.Schwarz & J.L.Frank | 2015 |  | West Coast of the United States | 
| Rubroboletus esculentus Zhao, K., Zhao, H.M. | 2017 |  | Sichuan Province in southwestern China | |
|  | Rubroboletus haematinus (Halling) D.Arora & J.L.Frank | 2015 | western United States | |
| Rubroboletus latisporus Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 | China (Yunnan) | ||
|  | Rubroboletus legaliae (Pilát & Dermek) Della Maggiora & Trassinelli | 2015 |  | Southern England, and Europe | 
|  | Rubroboletus lupinus (Fr.) Costanzo, Gelardi, Simonini & Vizzini | 2015 | Europe Mediterranean | |
|  | Rubroboletus pulcherrimus (Thiers & Halling) D.Arora, N.Siegel & J.L.Frank | 2015 |  | United States (New Mexico and California to Washington) | 
| Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus (Alessio) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 | central and southern Europe. | ||
| _Kuan_Zhao_%2526_Zhu_L._Yang_740528.jpg.webp) | Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus (Both) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 | North America. | |
|  | Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus (Krombh.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 |  | southern Europe | 
|  | Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus (Cheype) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 | eastern Europe, east to the Caucasus | |
|  | Rubroboletus satanas (Lenz) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 |  | Europe | 
|  | Rubroboletus sinicus (W.F.Chiu) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 | China. | |
References
- 1 2 Zhao K, Wu G, Yang ZL. "A new genus, Rubroboletus, to accommodate Boletus sinicus and its allies". Phytotaxa. 188 (2): 61–77. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.188.2.1.
- ↑ Frank JL. (June 11, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (248).
- ↑ Vizzini A. (March 24, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (233).
- ↑ Della Maggiora M. (June 10, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (246).